Response to Cuttler et al. re: "Low-Dose Childhood Radiation Effects to the Thyroid Follow a Linear Dose-Response Trend and Persist Even 45+ Years After Exposure"

Angela M Leung^{1

2}, Jay H Lubin³, Arthur B Schneider⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine , Los Angeles, California.
² 2 Division of Endocrinology , Diabetes, and Metabolism; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California.
³ 3 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ 4 University of Illinois College of Medicine , Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Chicago, Illinois.

Comment

Angela M Leung et al. Thyroid. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;28(5):680-681.

doi: 10.1089/thy.2018.0185. Epub 2018 Apr 24.

Angela M Leung^{1

2}, Jay H Lubin³, Arthur B Schneider⁴

¹ 1 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine , Los Angeles, California.
² 2 Division of Endocrinology , Diabetes, and Metabolism; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California.
³ 3 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ 4 University of Illinois College of Medicine , Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Chicago, Illinois.

No abstract available

Comment on

Thyroid Cancer Following Childhood Low-Dose Radiation Exposure: A Pooled Analysis of Nine Cohorts.
Lubin JH, Adams MJ, Shore R, Holmberg E, Schneider AB, Hawkins MM, Robison LL, Inskip PD, Lundell M, Johansson R, Kleinerman RA, de Vathaire F, Damber L, Sadetzki S, Tucker M, Sakata R, Veiga LHS. Lubin JH, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul 1;102(7):2575-2583. doi: 10.1210/jc.2016-3529. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017. PMID: 28323979 Free PMC article.
Re: "Low-Dose Childhood Radiation Effects to the Thyroid Follow a Linear Dose-Response Trend and Persist Even 45+ Years After Exposure" (Clin Thyroidol 2017;29:235-236).
Cuttler JM, Mortazavi SMJ, Welsh JS, Doss M. Cuttler JM, et al. Thyroid. 2018 May;28(5):679-680. doi: 10.1089/thy.2017.0377. Epub 2017 Dec 21. Thyroid. 2018. PMID: 29132249 No abstract available.

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